diff --git a/src/openvpn/socks.c b/src/openvpn/socks.c
index 57f0cee2..f1bdf4d4 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/socks.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/socks.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ recv_socks_reply(socket_descriptor_t sd,
     char atyp = '\0';
     int alen = 0;
     int len = 0;
-    char buf[22];
+    char buf[270];		/* 4 + alen(max 256) + 2 */
     const int timeout_sec = 5;
 
     if (addr != NULL)
@@ -381,7 +381,10 @@ recv_socks_reply(socket_descriptor_t sd,
                     break;
 
                 case '\x03':    /* DOMAINNAME */
-                    alen = (unsigned char) c;
+                    /* RFC 1928, section 5: 1 byte length, <n> bytes name,
+                     * so the total "address length" is (length+1)
+                     */
+                    alen = (unsigned char) c +1;
                     break;
 
                 case '\x04':    /* IP V6 */